| doing it alone = certain failure
(ctd)
Last month we looked at how the small biz owner is geared
toward independence. The result of this is that fundamental
business needs are not being met. This month we complete
our focus on the small business owner’s tendency toward
Isolation by examining more solutions.
Firstly a brief recap; last month we outlined three steps
to changing this unhelpful modus operandi. The first step
was to think differently, or to acknowledge the fact that
you can’t do it alone. This could well be the hardest
step. Look around you, people don’t do this with ease
(but they also don’t’ get a great business).
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doing it alone = certain failure
Human nature sure is unhelpful at times.
What we know about the brain, from many fields but more
recently from the field of neuroscience, is that we are
physiologically geared toward autonomy. So science confirms
what we’ve come to be frustrated about in others and
ourselves.
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the going got tough…
It seems that we have a compulsive revulsion to hard times
in our western society. So it’s no surprise that our
thinking seems to be fundamentally connected to a notion
that dictates ‘my life will be great, when I have
no problems’… This thinking pervades every part
of our lives and our biz is no exception. What an enormous
waste…
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Jack, your fired…
Actually we all know that ‘Jack’ (being you,
the owner of your own biz) can do pretty much what he (she)
likes. Jack gets away with quite a lot and it’s not
something that really works for Jack but in the absence
of a mechanism of accountability, Jack can continue to do
pretty much as he pleases…
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A new hat for Jack
Last month we started looking at one of the key dilemmas
of the small business owner; the necessity of being the
jack-of-all-trades.
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jack of all trades: please apply here
Small business leaders, particularly the ones that want
to grow, do face challenges that bigger businesses leaders
simply don’t.
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stressed, who me?
I have an enormous respect for my peers that continues
to grow. My peers being other small business owners who
are taking on the challenge of growing their business, in
spite of the unique challenges small business face (and
my peers will know what I mean by this!).
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wanted: 1 CEO for your biz
I know most small business owners wouldn’t dream
of calling themselves ‘ceo’ but it’s what
the title means that I’d like to focus on as this
is critical, yes critical if you really want to grow your
business.
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there’s a secret to success?
If you’re like most of us frail humans, now’s
about the time that the promise of ‘doing things differently
this year’ is starting to rapidly become a memory.
But hang in there, it doesn’t have to be that way,
this year could actually pan out just the way you want it.
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congrats, 2007 went exactly as you planned!
To those of you who actually did plan, my genuine congratulations
to you!
For the rest of us however, the unwritten plan of ‘doing
the same thing and expecting a different result’ inevitably
brought the same result as when we last tried that strategy,
even if we did work harder than ever!
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